India Calls Up Troops During Pakistan Snarl
India announces active duty calls for thousands of territorial troops for training over two to five months in railway, engineers and mechanical units amid escalating India Pakistan tension over Kashmir. unofficial sources cite 20 000 railway troops and 20 000 infantrymen plus engineers and mechanics. Pakistan appeals to the UN claiming massed Indian forces threaten peace while India defends limited movements for defense and a potential railway strike.
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New Delhi
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
U.N
United Nations
All India Railwaymen’s Federation
Shillong
Brahmaputra
Kroger Workers Learn Of New Profit Sharing Plan
Five Canton employees were among Cleveland Kroger Co. staff receiving details of the savings and profit sharing plan. The eligible pool is about 17,000 workers over 21 with at least two years of uninterrupted service. Names cited include Robert Shanafelt William Moore Glenn Nichols Thomas Bendetta and Donald Irvin.
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Canton
Cleveland
Kroger Co
Robert Shanafelt
William Moore
Glenn Nichols
Thomas Bendetta
Donald Irvin
Kroger
Trusty Out On Bail After Bologna Heist
Lyman aged 50, a city jail trusty, claimed bologna costs are high at fifty dollars a pound. Police say he escaped jail Wednesday and was found with two pounds of bologna missing from the jail kitchen fridge. Judge Donald McCarroll fined him fifty dollars and costs for petty larceny and intoxication.
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Lyman
Donald McCarroll
Netherlands End War With Germany Declared By Bonn
The Netherlands and Germany formally ended their state of war today as the German Foreign Office announced. Dutch ambassador to Bonn Vice-Admiral J M De Booy delivered a royal decree from the Queen of The Netherlands to seal the act.
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Bonn
Germany
Netherlands
J. M. de Booy
St Lawrence Seaway Bill Killed in Committee
The House public works committee killed legislation to authorize the St. Lawrence seaway and power project on a 15 to 12 vote. Representative Pickett of Texas had moved to table the bill, ending its advance in committee.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Seaway
House Public Works Committee
Representative Pickett
Texas
Japanese land reform fuels transfers to farmers
In carrying out the land reform program the Japanese government purchased more than 4,000,000 acres of land from former land owners for resale to Japanese farmers.
Ohio Flood Control Plan Faces Nonbinding Judgement
A Scioto Sandusky conservancy district court approval of a 65 million flood control project in Ohio is described as nonbinding on federal decisions. Rep McGregor notes Army Engineers may delay hearings. project would include multiple dams and levees with a Sandusky River reservoir, financed largely by the government.
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Washington
Scioto- Sandusky Conservancy District
Ohio
McGregor
Conservancy Court
Army Engineers
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio Republican
Board of Army Engineers
Congress
Truman
House Appropriations
Conservancy County
Deer Creek
Big Darby
Paint Creek
Rocky Fork
Mill Creek
Delaware County
Columbus
Cleveland
Sandusky River
Bucyrus
Bender Calls for Closers Checks on Arms Procurement
Representative Bender of Ohio urged a broader program to monitor the vast military procurement spend. He said committees need larger staffs to track contract awards and propose periodic checks during letting, not after. He plans a $1 million appropriation to continue probe into influence in defense contracts and flagged a “shameful” situation at Detroit arsenal and tank center.
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Washington
Bender
Ohio
House
Detroit Arsenal
Congress
General Accounting Office
GAO
Ohio Republican
Ohioan
Tank-Automotive Center
Conferees Meet Over Slaughter Quota Ban And Markets
Senate Maybank says Congress will move to scrap the flat slaughter quota ban to curb meat black markets. Bricker opposes any softening, warning it would not curb black markets. Conference committee weighs altering the identical provision requiring OPS to fix monthly slaughter limits as talks continue.
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Assington
Maybank
South Caroline
Congress
Bricker
Ohio
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Michael V. di Salle
Versy
Senate
House
Representative Wolcott
Michigan
Costello Freed On 5000 Bail In Senate Contempt Case
NEW YORK July 26 AP Frank Costello reputed king of the underworld is free on 5000 bail after pleading nocent to contempt of the United States Senate. Indicted with Adonis and Erickson for defying Senate crime probes, he was fingerprinted by the U S Marshals. The trio face up to one year and 1000 fine per count. Adonis and Erickson remain jailed on related gambling charges and bookie-ring leadership respectively. The Senate named Costello the head of a nationwide crime syndicate, which he denied while confirming his role as a gambler and bootlegger.
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New York
Frank Costello
Underworld
United States Senate
Joe Adonis
Frank Erickson
Senate
Costello
John F. X. McGahey
U.S
Senate Crime Committee
Adonis
Erickson
George Wolf
Wolf
New Jersey
Rikers Island
McQuistion Named News Chief for Civil Defense
Harold A. McQuistion of 807 Arlington Ave NW is named director of information for Canton city civil defense. Branscomb, defense director, announced the appointment and noted ongoing staff staffing and program development. Branscomb cited McQuistion’s civil defense leadership with Canton Post No. 3 and his prior study trips to Summit County Akron and Red Cross meetings in Youngstown. He will join Ohio directors in Columbus to review late developments.
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Harold A. McQuistion
Arlington Ave
George W. Branscomb
McQuistion
Canton Post No. 3
Amvers
Summit County
Akron
Youngstown
Red Cross
Branscomb
Ohio Civil Defense
Columbus
Misfortunes Gang Up On Nebraska Farmer
Humboldt Nebraska July 26 Frank D Nemecheck a farmer endured a run of misfortune after a power mower nearly amputated his foot then a hedge thorn injured his eye. While traveling to Omaha for the eye wound his car collided with a vehicle carrying two soldiers returning to Fort Riley Kansas.
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Humboldt, Neb
Frank D. Nemecheck
Nemecheck
Omaha
Fort Riley
Kan
Dr Jacob J Coons 77 dies at Ohio State University
Dr Jacob J Coons 77 longtime professor emeritus of medicine at Ohio State University since 1936 died at his Columbus home He was senior staff at Grant University and Mt Carmel hospitals He was born in Washington Court House and earned his MD from Johns Hopkins in 1902.
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Columbus
Jacob J. Coons
Ohio State University
Alphabet 2500-Year-Old Letters Echo Roman Era
The Sheaffer Pen Co research library reports printed letters of our alphabet date about 2,500 years, remaining essentially unchanged from the period when the Roman Empire was at its height.
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Fort Madison
Sheaffer Pen Co
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